Chancellor Angela Merkel promised Monday to work for a strong Europe and said she's hopeful talks can resolve the standoff over US tariffs, declaring that "it's finally time to start work" as Germany's new government prepares to take office, reports AP.

The SPD last week voted in favor of another grand coalition with Angela Merkel's center-right alliance - which includes her Christian Democrats (CDU) and her Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) - clearing the way for a new government to take office and putting an end to months of political instability.

"The fourth "grand coalition" in Germany didn't start as a marriage of love", said Scholz, the acting Social Democrat leader.

Merkel is scheduled to be sworn in for a fourth term as German chancellor Wednesday this week, along with the new German government, after nearly six months since federal elections took place in the country.

Tariff plan will be fair, flexible to friendly countries
He said the tariffs would also hurt the USA auto industry and result in higher costs for consumers on both sides of the border. Other world leaders expressed hope that deals would be made with the Trump administration to avoid tit-for-tat tariffs.

Merkel's designated new finance chief Scholz will also soon visit France, she said. "Of course, for all the positions to be filled in the next year ... we will have good candidates, but I don't want to speculate today", Merkel said. What's more, he speaks fluent German after working as a KGB agent in East Germany, and she speaks good Russian after growing up outside East Berlin and spending time in Moscow.

Macron, in a landmark speech past year, urged a major reform drive to reinvigorate the European Union at a time of rising populist challenges, with proposals including a common eurozone finance minister and budget. Merkel welcomed talks the European Union has already started, and said the new German government will hold talks of its own.

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But the Taliban has so far ruled out direct talks with the Western-backed government, which they say is illegitimate. The insurgent group has said it was prepared to negotiate, but only with the USA and not with the Kabul government.

Neymar has had a mixed start to life in Paris and speculation abounds about his future despite only joining the team past year . The Neymar issue is more important than ever and a major source of vexation for Doha, being their prized player.

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De Villiers also passed 8,500 test runs, the fourth South African after Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla to do that. Warner accepted a Level 2 offence and was fined 75% of his match fee by the ICC over the incident, but avoided a one-Test ban.

According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, the Buffalo Bills have "some interest" in Minnesota Vikings' quarterback Sam Bradford . It helped lead the team to the second-best record in the NFC and a bye into the divisional round of the playoffs.

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Mr Trump can not enter into talks with Mr Kim without deciding ahead of time what his own bottom line is. As Baik suggested, sometimes it takes a while to figure out what that message should be.

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